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Immigration New Zealand ( Māori: Te Ratonga Manene; INZ ), formerly the New Zealand Immigration Service ( NZIS ), is the agency within the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) that is responsible for border control, issuing travel visas and managing immigration to New Zealand. [3]
The Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) is the way skilled migrants qualify to gain a New Zealand resident visa and, subsequently, Permanent Residence (PR) to New Zealand. It is managed by Immigration New Zealand under the Immigration Act 2009 . The current SMC commenced on 9 th October 2023, [1] replacing the previous SMC which suffered from ...
Politics of New Zealand. Non– New Zealand citizens wishing to enter the Realm of New Zealand must obtain a visa unless they are. eligible for visa-free travel under other specific provisions (visiting force, cruise ship passengers and crew, aircraft crew, etc.). A New Zealand general entry stamp issued to a temporary entry class visa holder.
Visa requirements for New Zealand citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of New Zealand . As of 2024, New Zealand citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the New Zealand passport 5th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
The New Zealand Certificate of Identity is an international biometric travel document issued by the Department of Internal Affairs to an alien resident of or visitor to New Zealand who is unable to obtain a national passport, [1] or has a national passport unacceptable to Immigration New Zealand [2] so that they can leave New Zealand.
Collection of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Migration to New Zealand began only very recently in human history, with Polynesian settlement in New Zealand, previously uninhabited, about 1250 CE to 1280 CE. European migration provided a major influx, especially following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
The New Zealand Government ( Māori: Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa [9]) is the central government through which political authority is exercised in New Zealand. As in most other parliamentary democracies, the term "Government" refers chiefly to the executive branch, and more specifically to the collective ministry directing the executive. [10]
The demographics of New Zealand encompass the gender, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 5.2 million people living in New Zealand. New Zealanders predominantly live in urban areas on the North Island. The five largest cities are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, and Tauranga.